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12/05/1905
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Henry Campbell-Bannermam (Lib) becomes PM of England
Type: Event
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12/05/1906
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British govt-Balfour resigns
Type: Event
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12/05/1907
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Lin Piau, Chinese politician
Type: Birth
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12/05/1908
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1st football uniform numerals used (University of Pittsburgh)
Type: Event
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12/05/1910
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Abraham L Polonsky, US writer/director (Tell them Willie Boy is Here)
Type: Birth
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12/05/1911
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Alfred Manessier, French painter (leaded windows)
Type: Birth
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12/05/1912
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Maisie Fitter, editor/conservationist
Type: Birth
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12/05/1914
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6th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats U of Toronto, 14-2
Type: Event
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12/05/1915
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Carl Donnell "Kansas" Fields, drummer
Type: Birth
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12/05/1915
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Margaret Hayes, Balt Md, actress (Robert Montgomery Presents)
Type: Birth
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12/05/1916
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Hans Richter, composer, dies at 73
Type: Death
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12/05/1917
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Simone Gallimard, publisher
Type: Birth
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12/05/1918
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Oil refinery on Cura‡ao opens
Type: Event
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12/05/1919
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Victor Collin Matthews, businessman
Type: Birth
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12/05/1920
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Pro football playoff game Akron and Buffalo 0-0 tie, title undecided
Type: Event
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12/05/1921
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Peter Hansen, Oakland Calif, actor (Mr Parkson-Mr Novak, Gen Hospital)
Type: Birth
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12/05/1921
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Alvy Moore, actor (Mr Kimball-Green Acres)
Type: Birth
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12/05/1921
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George Henderson, priest/politician
Type: Birth
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12/05/1922
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Samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian/archivist, dies
Type: Death
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12/05/1923
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Tendrjakow, writer
Type: Birth
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12/05/1924
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Hamilton Tiger Red Green scores 5 goals to beat Tor Maple Leafs 10-5
Type: Event
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12/05/1925
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13th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Senators defeats Win Tammany Tigers, 24-1
Type: Event
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12/05/1925
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Anastasio "Tachito" Somoza Debayle, president of Nicaragua (1967..79)
Type: Birth
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12/05/1925
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German govt of Luther falls
Type: Event
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12/05/1925
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Wilhelmina E Drucker, [Lensing], Dutch feminist, dies at 78
Type: Death
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12/05/1926
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Sergei Eisenstein's "Battleship Potemkin," debuts
Type: Event
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12/05/1926
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George Savalas, Bronx NY, actor (Kojak)
Type: Birth
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12/05/1927
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Rama IX, [Bhumibol Adulyadej], Mass, king of Thailand (1946- )
Type: Birth
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12/05/1928
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Johannes F "Johan" Bakker Sr, actor/husband of Truus Soete, dies at 61
Type: Death
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12/05/1928
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MW Miklas elected president of Austria
Type: Event
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12/05/1928
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England defeats Australia by record 675 runs at Brisbane
Type: Event
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12/05/1929
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1st US nudist organization (American League for Physical Culture, NYC)
Type: Event
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12/05/1931
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CFL Grey Cup: Mtl AAA beats Regina, 22-0 at Montreal
Type: Event
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12/05/1932
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German physicist Albert Einstein granted a visa
Type: Event
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12/05/1932
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Little Richard [Wayne Penniman], Macon Ga, rocker (Tutty Fruity)
Type: Birth
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12/05/1933
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21st Am ratified, 18th Amendment (Prohibition) repealed (5:32 PM EST)
Type: Event
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12/05/1933
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Bernard van Beurden, Dutch composer/music educator
Type: Birth
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12/05/1934
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Joan Didion, US novelist/journalist (Salvador)
Type: Birth
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12/05/1935
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Frans, [MJ Fran‡ois] Erens, literary (Years Gone By), dies at 78
Type: Death
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12/05/1935
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Calvin Trillin, author (New Yorker)
Type: Birth
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12/05/1935
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1st coml hydroponics operation established (Montebello Calif)
Type: Event
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12/05/1935
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National Council of Negro Women forms by Mary McLeod Bethune (NYC)
Type: Event
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12/05/1936
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Armenian SSR, Azerbaijan SSR, Georgian SSR, Kazakh SSR and Kirghiz SSR becomes constituent republics of Soviet Union
Type: Event
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12/05/1936
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24th CFL Grey Cup: Sarnia Imperials defeats Ottawa Rough Riders, 26-20
Type: Event
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12/05/1938
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John J Cale, Oklahoma City, rock guitarist (After Midnight)
Type: Birth
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12/05/1938
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Christina "Dina" Koudijs-van Appeldoorn, pianist/composer, dies at 54
Type: Death
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12/05/1939
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Horst Bastian, writer
Type: Birth
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12/05/1939
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Frederik van Rossum, composer
Type: Birth
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12/05/1940
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Jan Kubelik, composer, dies at 60
Type: Death
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12/05/1941
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David Wilson, English contractor/multi-millionaire
Type: Birth
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